St Mirren have been handed a major boost as boss Oran Kearney confirmed Kyle Magennis is back in full training.

The midfielder, 20, has been missing for over a month after suffering a hamstring injury in the run-up to the clash with Hamilton Accies.

The Scotland Under-21 international has featured just once under Kearney as a result of the injury, but the manager revealed he could be in line to return to the first team as early as this weekend for the clash with Dundee.

Kearney told the Paisley Daily Express : “Kyle has been back in full training the past two days which has been great.

“Ideally we are not looking for any mishaps and setbacks to happen at this stage of his recovery.

“We have our fingers crossed that’s the case and he keeps making progress.

“He will want to be back in the team straightaway but I think it is important that he gets a certain amount of training under his belt.

“He has done a huge amount of training individually with the physio, which is probably a lot tougher than what the first team is doing.

“This is the first real chance to integrate him back in and he has been fine the last couple of days.

“We will see how he goes throughout the week and call it from there.

“He’s back in the squad, he’s fit. The minute the physio releases him back into the squad means he is okay from that point of view.

“We won’t get carried away until closer to Saturday.”

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Magennis’ return would be a shot in the arm for a St Mirren midfield that already looks set to be without skipper Stephen McGinn for the trip to Dens Park.

McGinn and his partner in the middle of the park, Matty Willock, both limped off during last Saturday’s defeat to Rangers.

But Kearney insists that Willock should be fit and ready for the match on Tayside.

Kearney added: “Matty is okay. His hamstring was tight on Saturday but the physio seems to think it’s more coming from his back.

“He didn’t train on Monday but he trained on Tuesday and did well, so he shouldn’t be far away.”